Effect of Prayer-Based Movements on Pain and Endurance of Flexor Muscles in Patients with Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain

Aims: Chronic non-specific low back pain is the most common chronic lower back pain, and developing a therapeutic and rehabilitative plan to more rapidly mend patients with lower back pain has always been discussed. The present study aimed to determine the effect of prayer-based movements on pain and endurance of flexor muscles in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain. Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on all the patients with a chronic non-specific LBP referring to Shahid Mofatteh Clinic No. ۱ in Yasuj, ۲۰۲۰. According to block random assignment, Sixty-six patients were divided into two groups of the intervention and control. In the intervention group, prayer-based exercises were performed three sessions a week for eight weeks. The control group was not instructed. The demographic questionnaire and Quebec back pain disability scale were used to measure pain, and the maintain the ۶۰° angle test was used to collect data before intervention; the visual pain measurement scale was used immediately after the intervention, and the endurance test of spine flexor muscles performed at the angle of ۶۰° was used a week after the intervention. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS ۲۱ using descriptive statistics and statistical tests of Paired T, Mann-Whitney, Independent T, Wilcoxon, Chi-square, and Shapiro-Wilk. Findings: There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of pain severity and endurance of the flexor muscles at the starting point (p>۰.۰۵). The comparisons of the mean immediately and a week after the intervention were significant (p<۰.۰۵). Conclusion: Prayer-based exercises effectively affect pain severity and endurance of flexor muscles in patients with non-chronic lower back pain.

کلیدواژه ها:

Exercise ، Prayer ، Pain ، The Endurance of Flexor Muscles ، Chronic Non-Specific Lower Back Pain